Growing up in South Florida, the Caribbean flavors were everywhere, scotch bonnet and habanero in everything. Then I had a Thai neighbor who grew her own tiny peppers, so incorporated them into my diet. Indian co-workers gave me some interesting flavors. So, just about any hot pepper is great.
Best flavour: Poblano.
One I cook with most: Bell
Favourite readily available at my grocery store for adding heat/flavour: Serrano.
Best Dr. Pepper rip off: Dr. Bob (poor rip off name makes me laugh)
Really though, it’s like asking “what’s your favourite onion”? It depends what I’m making.
Unfortunately, I’m that basic b*tch who can’t handle spice. Big Red chewing gum is too much for me. I hate it because there are so many things I would love to try but spice kills me.
They don’t add much heat to the dish… (Compared to most hot peppers).
But they sure add a lot of heat to your eyes if you touch your eyes after cutting them.
I don’t know why, maybe because you have to cut more of them to add heat, but I only ever seem to not be able to wash off jalapenos from my hands before touching my eyes.
@OnionSoup I once made something with jalapeños and I guess I didn’t wash the pepper juice off my hands well enough because when I got up the next morning, my palms were red and felt like they’d been scalded. It lasted most of the day. I didn’t know peppers could do that. It’s one more reason I don’t like peppers.
I think I’d say bell peppers 'cause I cook with them the most. But I do love me lots of salsa and chipotle sauce and stuff. So jalapeños get used a lot too.
@FightingMongoos
in the past I have grown jalapenos specifically for :
pico de gallo
pepper jelly (for the smoked cream cheese)
stuffed peppers (aka poppers)
pickling
general cooking
and to put in the smoker to make chipotles.
I have several pecan trees so lots of appropriate wood to smoke them with…
Where’s the “None of the above” option? I don’t like spicy food (more like I can’t bear to eat it), and I hate the taste of bell peppers. I didn’t even like having to smell them when I rang them up in my days as a grocery store cashier.
Doctor and Sergeant
@sjk3 I’m with you on the second one.
Sweet bell peppers.
I’m not a fan of spicy foods.
@remo28 I used to be an over the top pepper head. But then one fine day, I over did it, with oak leaf cluster and filigee.
Now I have a lower GI allergy to hot green peppers. All pain. Horrible, horrible pain. Hurts. Hurts. Agony. Agony.
Now I eschew completely, those which I once chewed freely.
A favorite breakfast was eggs poblano a la Jacques Pepin (look it up on YouTube.) But now…Nevermore! Nevermore!
I still love 'em; but they sure don’t love me.
Chipotle!
@yakkoTDI
so…Jalapeño
@yakkoTDI Those are smoke-dried jalapeños…
@FightingMongoos
yep, that’s the point!
@chienfou @FightingMongoos I am aware that they start out as jalapeños but they taste so much better.
Black.
I would say Doctor, but I don’t like that either
/giphy Dr. Pepper
Poblano.
Stuffed.
Dr.
Hatch
@brainmist Pueblo!
@brainmist @Kyeh Did not know about Pueblo.
found this
https://www.readyfoods.biz/news-trends/pueblo-hatch-chiles
@brainmist @pmarin I like them both, but felt like I should stick up for my state’s version.
Here’s a more Colorado-centric take on it:
https://gazette.com/life/is-pueblo-chile-tastier-than-hatch-this-colorado-farmer-says-yes-but-its-a-heated/article_ab4bc49c-a554-11e8-af73-539d1e858afb.html
@Kyeh @pmarin Whew, I think that’d be too hot for me!
Habenaro is my jam
@show_the_maw Like this?
I never met a pepper I didn’t like. Though, some of them are more difficult to get along with than others.
the crowd dispersal kind
Growing up in South Florida, the Caribbean flavors were everywhere, scotch bonnet and habanero in everything. Then I had a Thai neighbor who grew her own tiny peppers, so incorporated them into my diet. Indian co-workers gave me some interesting flavors. So, just about any hot pepper is great.
Best flavour: Poblano.
One I cook with most: Bell
Favourite readily available at my grocery store for adding heat/flavour: Serrano.
Best Dr. Pepper rip off: Dr. Bob (poor rip off name makes me laugh)
Really though, it’s like asking “what’s your favourite onion”? It depends what I’m making.
Oh and worst pepper ever: banana pepper.
Do. Not. Like. Pepper. As I don’t like anything hot spicy.
@Kidsandliz what about Bell Peppers, they don’t have any spice.
@OnionSoup I have had something not spicy in things that were red or green and resembled peppers but not sure what it was since I wasn’t the cook.
@OnionSoup About one Bell pepper in 1000 has a heat level approaching or equal to a typical jalapeno. It’s a thing that can happen.
NONE!
Unfortunately, I’m that basic b*tch who can’t handle spice. Big Red chewing gum is too much for me. I hate it because there are so many things I would love to try but spice kills me.
The thing I don’t like about jalapenos is:
They don’t add much heat to the dish… (Compared to most hot peppers).
But they sure add a lot of heat to your eyes if you touch your eyes after cutting them.
I don’t know why, maybe because you have to cut more of them to add heat, but I only ever seem to not be able to wash off jalapenos from my hands before touching my eyes.
@OnionSoup I once made something with jalapeños and I guess I didn’t wash the pepper juice off my hands well enough because when I got up the next morning, my palms were red and felt like they’d been scalded. It lasted most of the day. I didn’t know peppers could do that. It’s one more reason I don’t like peppers.
Dr. Pepper.
Scotch Bonnet. Pure yellow scotch bonnet sauce on fish is delish.
Potts.
@phendrick
But maybe not so much, Paltrow, who might be more like Pepper Flakes.
Bell peppers. I like ringing them.
I think I’d say bell peppers 'cause I cook with them the most. But I do love me lots of salsa and chipotle sauce and stuff. So jalapeños get used a lot too.
@FightingMongoos
in the past I have grown jalapenos specifically for :
pico de gallo
pepper jelly (for the smoked cream cheese)
stuffed peppers (aka poppers)
pickling
general cooking
and to put in the smoker to make chipotles.
I have several pecan trees so lots of appropriate wood to smoke them with…
I want more Chile Pequin in my life. But in the poll Jalapeno is a good all around player and always available, so it can have my vote.
Shishito, but that wasn’t an option.
@ahacksaw
sure it was:
Where’s the “None of the above” option? I don’t like spicy food (more like I can’t bear to eat it), and I hate the taste of bell peppers. I didn’t even like having to smell them when I rang them up in my days as a grocery store cashier.
@lisagd, “something else” would be your “nine of the above” option. Surely you like bell or doctor or sweet. Right?
@kittykat9180 Nope, none of them. Can’t stand the taste of peppers.
Red and yellow Bell for most things, poblano for some, jalapeno rarely, seldom any others. Green Bell peppers are ick.
Padrón and shishitos. I like pepper roulette.
Rodgers.
Pequin.